The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-15
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SAID An, .URCHIE, AS COGHLAN
KISSED LASGERI
The Other kight-A Short Chap.
ter on Kissing by "Clara
Belle"
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a real prince here who positively de-
clined to be Gagged by the swells and
lionized. This was Frederick Leo
pold, Of Germany, grand nephew of
Kaiser Wilhelm. He put up at
Broadway hotel, registering as Count
'Hohenstein. The nobs soon found
out who he was, and he was boldly
attacked by the tuft hunters, whose
cards were sent in to him with all the
brazen persistency of life insurance
agents or book canvassers. He saw
everybody who came, and treated
them courteously enough, but ho
would accept no invitations to social
entertainments, save from Germans
associated with the German consul
late. He was fair looking young
fellow, not airy at all, and bent only
on seeing the sights of New York.
He wouldn't be petted by our best
society, and that was the end of it,
The chief public exhibition Of
wealth and fashion was small indeed,
for it was composed of eight persons
only; but they were Vanderbilt
party, posed conspicuously on the
top of tally-ho coach. A four.in-
hand coach makes a daily trip from
Madison Square TO the Country Club
at Pelham. The driver is one Of two
alternating amateurs, and this time
he was Frederick Bronson, howl
ing swell. William X. Vanderbilt
was the host, and his guests were
members of his own family. The
ladies wore gayer clethipg than is
usually seen in the street, but no
more so than coaching usage permits.
Thousands of staring eyes watched
the distinguished load as it rolled up
Fifth avenue, through Central Park,
and thence over the country roads at
rapid pace. Photo raphers caught
the passing show at several points,
The cow show has not the fashion
able countenance which had been
given to the dog show, though it was
visited by many modish women,
whose wide opened, wondering eyes
(practicing the celebrated baby
stare) saw for the first time that
milk was not the sap of some tree.
Not all the bellies, however, affected
ignorance of the practical duties of
a milkmaid. Mabel Wright is one of
the young beauties of pretentious SO
oiety She was bantered by the |
gen ttiefn8n OF her party on her de-. |
claration of dairy knowledge, and
the upshot was that she won a box
of gloves on wager that she could
not milk a COW.
The amateur soldiers Of the New
York militia regiments, or at least |
the three organizations favored by |
fashionable recognition, have gained
o transient share of attention by Civ.
ing exhibition drills in their armo-
rie3. The chappies brush the mi
nutest particle of dust from their
uniforms, burnish their trappings |
until a sunbeam would slip up on the
surface, and then march bravely be-
fore an assemblage of invited guests.
That doesn't really seem a dancer
GUS or difficult achievement, but the |
dear fellows are the best material at
hand to make heroes out Of, and so
the girls assume an air Of amazed de.
light at these shows.
II do like 10 fool a mar" ex
claimed one gentle fraud.
well, | don't" replied her fair
pal.
And why not?'
because it is too easy.
There is nothing more talked OF in |
society just now than the kissing of
Charles Coghlan and Mrs Langtry
in Lady Claucarty." 1t is SO de-
liberate, so utterly oblivious of the
big fiddle, so unconscious of the base
drum, that it has all the meaning
and earnestuess of kiss in private
life. 1t is not an exhibition kiss by
an manner OF means. The raptur-
Gus kissing that Emma Abbot used
to bestow on Castle never stirred
hair on Husband Wetherell's head,
nor disturbed the parting of man
in the audience, The kissing of
Mary Anderson was the most trans
parent make believe in the world.
When Clara Morris used to kiss
Charley Thorne in Camille" she
would take him on her knees before
her, muss his hair and devour
him with loving looks, dip down
upon his face and kiss him
liugeriugly on his nose, TO his intense
amusement When Rignold was in
the country he awoke the town kiss
ing BLACK eyed Susan" when he
played william" The women in
the audience use to admire, but "Su-
sal" suffered. Rignold was a wiry,
red bearded mar, who shaved twice
a week, aud no oftener. He would
powder the stubble on his face till
his complexion was lovely, but poor
Susan" A section of sand paper
could have hurt no worse. When he
got home from sea in the play and
met Susan she would fly into his
arms very much latter the previous
experienced as the victim who was
sentenced to the Iuquisition to un-
, dergo the virgins kiss-knowiug she
klsd to and was going TO get hurt,
vRte would hold that poor girls head
back, make a rush, kiss both eyes,
root second under her off ear and
then kiss her straight on the mouth,
and all the while this adjacent field
of cheek and mound of chin was tax
ing off her cuticle like a nutmeg
crater.
But this business of Coghlan's
makes the dudes collar too tight for
him, aud the uucorking OF scent bot
ties all over the house shows its eff
feet on the women. Coghlan is a Sc
rious faced man Of intensity There
are no little nippy- firty airs or graces
about him. All that kiss can
mean or convey when he stoops over
the handsome Langtry, who has half |
tainted, and taking in the delicious
opportunity makes the most Of it.
The remarks it elcits are funny. The
other night as the lingering, real kiss
in all its warmth was pressed upon
the upturped mouth of the lannon's
Lily, lady said, with sigh, what
pity it's in play"
I'm sorry we're all here" said